The ancient world was full of strange creatures and legends, the most famous being the Blemmyes. Historians like Pliny the ...

Beneath the streets of a modern Greek town lies one of the Bronze Age world's great forgotten powers, a palace city of frescoed halls, international treasure, and royal dynasties cursed across ...

There are few rivers in this world that carry such significance in terms of their history, mythology, and survival, and one ...

An obscure ancient Egyptian text discovered in the 19th century led to discoveries that rewrote the timeline of early medical ...

From Devon and London to the Nile and Petra, Agatha Christie's travels shaped some of the world's most famous mysteries – and travellers can still follow her trail today.

Antigone” gave us the original “bad girl,” but its themes go beyond that. How do adaptations keep making Sophocles’ ideas ...

On Aug. 2, 2027, 89 million people across Spain, North Africa and the Middle East will see the longest remaining total solar ...

The sarcophagi inhabitants’ actual names are unknown, but these “chantresses of Amun” served a god whose cult ran strong even ...

The Bronze Age in ancient Greece was a pivotal era that laid the foundation for the rich tapestry of Hellenic civilization.

This episode explores the rise of Bronze Age Thebes, a powerful Mycenaean kingdom tied to legends of Cadmus, Oedipus, and the War of the Seven Against Thebes. Combining archaeology with myth, it ...

More than two millennia ago, traders from the Indian subcontinent may have walked through the same arid landscapes that today draw travellers from across the globe. In a discovery that bridges South ...

The temple complex of Karnak near the ancient city of Thebes is one of the largest religious structures ever built. Developed over thousands of years, the sprawling sanctuary was dedicated to the ...